SAH News

July Newsletter 2013

SAH Receives NEA grant for Buildings of SavannahOn April 23, 2013 the National Endowment for the Arts announced that the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) was awarded a $10,000 ART WORKS grant in the category of DESIGN to support “Reading the City,” a print publication, online resource, and public programming about the built environment of Savannah, Georgia. In partnership with the Savannah College of Art and Design, professors and architectural history students will develop a series of walking tours that explore the architecture of the city. SAH member Robin Williams and the Savannah College of Art and Design are partnering with SAH to produce both the publication and programming. Click here for a full list of 2013 Spring NEA awards.

Graduate Student Lightning Talks - Call for ProposalsThe SAH is proud to feature the Graduate Student Lightning Talks at the 2014 Conference in Austin, TX. This full session is composed of 5-minute graduate student presentations that provide graduate students the opportunity to present their current research. This year, the Lightning Talks format, in which presentations are divided into thematic groups with question and discussion following each, will be augmented with established scholars acting as respondents. Proposals are due by August 1, 2013. Read more / submit a proposal.

The Revitalized and the Neglected: Rapp and Rapp's Movie Palaces in ChicagoSAH Blog Post by Metcalf Intern Christine Lee
The red and yellow neon letters of this instantly recognizable marquee sign that brighten up the corner of State and Lake are one of the defining landmarks of the city’s nightscape – immortalized on the posters for the popular musical film Chicago (2002). The masterminds behind this Chicago emblem were Cornelius W. (1861-1927) and George L. (1878-1942) Rapp who established their own successful architectural firm Rapp and Rapp. Trained at the University of Illinois School of Architecture, the brother-duo designed several hundred movie palaces throughout the country in the early twentieth century. By teaming up with the Balaban and Katz theater chain – the forerunner of today’s Paramount Pictures – the brothers constructed their most famous works in Chicago. Read More.

Save the Date! SAH Awards GalaSave the date for the SAH Awards Gala - Saturday, November 9, 6-9pm at The Casino, 195 East Delaware, Chicago, IL. This year's gala will honor:

HABS-SAH Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship: A joint program of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), this fellowship permits an architectural historian to work on a 12-week HABS project during the summer of 2013. Applications open August 1.

SAH July BooklistRead the July Booklist of recently published architecture books and related works. The booklist and exhibition catalog list are selected by Barbara Opar, Architecture Librarian, Syracuse University Library.